Georg Dionysius Ehret
The Passion Flower
Found at
Sothebys,
London
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 60
18. Jun - 7. Jul 2021
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries, Lot 60
18. Jun - 7. Jul 2021
Estimate: 10.000 - 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 13.860 GBP
Price realised: 13.860 GBP
Description
From the Collection of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven (1900-1973)
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London
The Passion Flower
Watercolour and bodycolour on watermarked laid paper;
inscribed lower left: Passiflora holosericea., further inscribed upper centre: Granadilla folio hastato holosericeo, petalis candicantibus fimbrus ex purpureo & luteo varus, Martin / Linn: Sp: Pl: 958., numbered lower centre: 27
498 by 340 mm.
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973); | by descent to the present owner
Georg Dionysius Ehret
Heidelberg 1708 - 1770 London
The Passion Flower
Watercolour and bodycolour on watermarked laid paper;
inscribed lower left: Passiflora holosericea., further inscribed upper centre: Granadilla folio hastato holosericeo, petalis candicantibus fimbrus ex purpureo & luteo varus, Martin / Linn: Sp: Pl: 958., numbered lower centre: 27
498 by 340 mm.
Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Lord Fairhaven (1900-1973); | by descent to the present owner
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work The Passion Flower by Georg Dionysius Ehret was auctioned at Sothebys in London in July 2021. It changed hands for a price of GBP 13,860.00 (€ 16,253.72) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of GBP 10,000.00 – 15,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Georg Dionysius Ehret - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily), which sold at auction in June 2001 for GBP 30,550.00 (€ 50,749.63).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit The Passion Flower von Georg Dionysius Ehret kam im Juli 2021 bei Sothebys in London zur Auktion. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von GBP 13.860,00 (€ 16.253,72) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von GBP 10.000,00 – 15.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Georg Dionysius Ehret mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Gloriosa superba (Glory Lily) beobachtet, die im Juni 2001 für GBP 30.550,00 (€ 50.749,63) versteigert wurde.
Georg Dionysius Ehret - Auction history
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